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Overdrive
03-04-2005, 12:12 PM
Well I have a question about some rims i have bought. When I bought them I thought that all 5 lug cobras have 5.95 backspacing. But to my surprise they dont. Some rims have 6.5 BS. When I mount them on the front car (95 Mustang)
I have 1/2 of clearance between the rim and the front strut. Is that enough clearance to be safe. I intend to use these for Autocross this next season. The reason that I think that the spacing is diffrent is maybe for fox bodies where those need 1/2 inch more because of the wheel well space?

1slo5.0
03-04-2005, 01:06 PM
1/2 inch clearance is fine. The rim and strut don't move toward each other. I've run Cobra wheels on fox bodies and they only have about 1/2 inch of clearance too.